The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing numerous cases of interest to state and local government during its October Term 2013 involving issues such as prayer at a town board meeting, banning affirmative action at public universities, and buffer-zones surrounding reproductive health clinics.

There must be a "nexus" and "rough proportionality" between the government's conditions for issuing a land-use permit and the effects of the proposed development even when the government denies the permit and even when the demand is for money.

Whether a state law providing a thirty-five foot buffer zone where speakers cannot enter around reproductive health care facilities violates the First and Fourteenth Amendments.

Supreme Court Preview Articles

To prepare for the SLLC Supreme Court Preview webinar read the SLLC articles highlighting the cases the Court has accepted so far to decide next term affecting state and local government. By the date of the webinar, it is likely the Court will have accepted a few more relevant cases.